Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-08-04
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN

saloon in the Garden of Eden, wirh ~
Snake to FUN tie Der and tva !.
preside oyer the flee lunch temnt..,
Well now, that accounts for the fan !,
man, doesn't it?
Drink promised me liberty ard ] %,
it. l had the liberty to see my to.s
poke out of my boot; the water had n. SE
liberty to go IN at the toes and com,
out at my heelsi my knees had the Nh
erty to come out of my parts; mya,
bows had the liberty to come ont Of mr.
coat, and the liberty to lift the crov.
of my hat and scratch, nis head win. Is
out taking my hat off.
Abraham Lincoln: and when tbs
victory shall be complete-when tbe,s
shall be neither slsye nor drunkam
on the face Of tire earth-how proud
the title of that land that may truly Il
claim to be the birthplace and the cra. II
die of both these revolutions that shall Y;
have ended in that victory! How nobly
distinguished that people who shall !.
have planted and nurtured to maturity
both the political and moral freedom
of their species. f
Springfield Union; In western +
city, recently, there was picked up in 4
the street a passbook, in which labor s
er kept his account Oh his current OK.
penses. For two weeks the items
amounted to S1OG9, Of which S535 was
for whisky, beer and drinks" Outof B
fifty-nine entries thirty-two were for I
liquor. He had spent for his family
1926 for -four, 81 cents for herring,
and nothing whatever for meat Of any
kind. That passbook furnishes an cpl.
tome Of the wretchedness of the poor
in thousands upon thousands of cases.
Kanouse in Woonsocket Times: We
appeal to men AS men; not as as class,
nor as against any man or any class Of
men; not because you can make mon.
ey, nor because you will lose money;
not because we are in debt, nor because
we are cat of debt, not because it will
help this man, nor because it will help
another; but for right and justices
sake to set your faces and cast your
votes against the traffic which is only
evil in its consequences.
Rev. Cannon Farrar: The plague has
indeed begun. They have been dying
of it for two centuries; they are dying
now-dying of disease. dying by vic.
lence, dying by suicide, dying in squalid
garrets everywhere; strong men, miser.
able women, little children, dying so
slowly that none call it murder. The
legislature will not help us because
they tell us that as vet public opinion
is not strong enough. Then, in Gods
name set public opinion be strong
enough. What the senate refuses now
it cannot, it will not, it dare not refuse
when nation, knocking at its door
with righteous and imperious demands,
| tells them that they are there to do its
bidding.
Dakota Pioneer: When the question
is submitted to a vote of the people the
laboring men Of Aberdeen ought to
vote in unit against the granting Of
license. The saloon is greater robber
of the sons and daughters of toll than
capitalistic greed. If the ranks of labol
are filed with sober, intelligent men
they can maintain their cause against
the most powerful combinations that
may be formed against them. That 4
an excellent and praiseworthy regula
ton of the knights of Labor which
refuses to admit into their ranks soloon
keepers. Every dollar of the toiler's
money that goes to the saloon deprive'
his wife and children of dollars wortt
of the comforts of life, and the poo
fellow only gets that in return which
weakens the mind, wrecks the bod
and destroys the soul.
| Dubaque Times: See here! Young
man;I saw you sneaking up a darl
stairway last night, and heard the rat
tie Of poker chips and the loud voice o.
profanity in the room you entered. /.
saw you come out Of that room afte
the clock in the tower had struck tn
hour of midnighJ. Your face wa
flushed with liquor. your weeks earn
ings were gone. and heard you cursinl
about your bad luck. DO you know
what you are doing? You are walk
ing straight into the camp of the devil
Aou are travelling on the road tina
inevitably leads to the suicides gray
"a road that is marked all along b.
the shattered temples of human hope
a road that will lead you away from
self respect, from the love of home AM
friends, from honor, from respectable
ty, from success, and from all hope 0
eternal life. Young men; let me whis
per a word to you. Keep out of th'
gambling saloon, No man ever foun'
wealth there. 10 man ever foun'
happiness there. No man ever foun'
honor there. 1t is the vestibule of hell
It is the short cut to damnation. Yo'
viii! part with your money there Yol
will part with your manhood therf
You will get nothing in exchange bu
sorrow and shame, remorse and despair
"Say, you married man! l saw yo'
in saloon last night spending you
money for liquor and treating you
friends. You are wasting money tha
does not belong to you. For ! heart
your wife ask you only yesterday to lei
her have little money with which U
buy some shoes for your baby daughte
and a coat for your baby boy. 10.
told her you had none to spare, and
saw you spend enough for liquor y
have bought dozen pairs of shoes any
u dozen coats, and thought as ! saw
you swilling down the accursed ssua